Title:  Liquid City Subtitle:  Houston Writers on Houston Editors:  Rita Saylors Photography:  Paul Hestor Printing:  First Year of publication:  1987 Publisher:  Corona Publishing Company, for the Houston International Festival City:  San Antonio Number of Pages:  117 Cover:  paperback Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:  86-72562 ISBN:  0-931722-54-3 Barthelme's Contribution:  Return, p. 35-42
	I went on the Azalea Trail, and shot one, right through the heart. I took the dead azalea home and put it in my freezer, and all at once I was seized by a deep and fearful melancholy. Had I done something wrong? I had been long away from Texas, living in the wicked, sinful cities of the East--perhaps I no longer understood Texas ways, perhaps the roar and clatter of New York City had permanently damaged the delicate tissues of my flabellum. Had I misunderstood the Azalea Trail?
credit:  Paul Hester Paper Cutouts Over Totally Nude Live Girls